Camp stove



April 22 ,1924. 1,491,174

7 F. A. SCHWEIGER CAMP STOVE Filed Aug. 22. 1923 I In 2%??? for FredeWz'U/rfl flaky/agar Patented Apr. 22, 1924.

UNITED STATES FREDERICK A. SCH'WEIGER, 0F MOOSE LAKE, MINNESOTA.

' can? STOVE.

Application filed August 22,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F REDERIOK A. Soiawnr- GER, a citizen of the United States, residin at Moose Lake, in the county of Carlton and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Camp Stove, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in camp stoves.

In competing for tourists favor, many municipalities provide attractive camp sites and fit the same with various conveniences for campers.

An object of this invention is to supply a stove for camp sites that is relatively inexpensive, pleasing in appearance, durable and efiicient.

A. further object is toprovide a stove, having the foregoing characteristics,- capable of being constructed principally from concrete and adapted for use in unsheltered as well as in sheltered places.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear in the following description, the invention resides in the novel combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Fig. l is a. perspective view of a stove embodying my invention; Fig. 2 i a vertical, central sectional view thereof, the same being taken as on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken as on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, it will. be seen that my improved stove comprises a base A and open topped fire box B thereon. Walls 10 rising from within the upper mar 'ns of the base A constitute the sides of t e fire box B, the upper central portion of said base A constituting the bottom thereof. Said base A and walls 10 are of concrete, the same being suitably reinforced and formed to provide a unitary structure. 1 One wall 10 has an opening 11 therein providing a combined fuel receiving and draft opening for the firebox B. Aligned sleeves 12 are embedded in opposed walls 10 of said fire box B at the mouth thereof, utensil supporting grate bars 13 being loosely fitted at their ends in said sleeves. The upper margin of the base A forms a utensil warming ledge 14 and supports utensils thereon in near proximity to the walls 10 of the fire box B.

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The underside of the base A is hollow b eneath the fire box 'B and also beneath a substantial portion of the ledge 14. I apply a filler 15 to the hollow portion of said base that is relatively inexpensive yet. having good heat absorbing and retaining characteristics. The use of such a filler, as will be readily understood, minimizes the cost of the stove and provides for the accumulation of heat within the base A and transmission thereof to the heating ledge 14.

From the foregoing, it will be appreciated that my improved stove is not only inexpensive in construction, but efficient and durable. As to the latter, it will be remembered that the loosemountings for the grate bars 13, formed by loosely resting the ends of said bars in the sleeves 12, allows for contraction and expansion of parts, thereby avoiding breakage. I

Changes in the specific form of my invention, as herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: e

1. In a stove, a concrete base, the under side thereof being hollow to receive a filler,

concrete fire box walls rising from said base, said walls being integral with the base and with each other, one of said walls having a fuel receiving doorway therein, said base forming a fire box bottom within said walls and a heat absorbing and retaining rest for utensils about said walls, sleeves embedded in alignment in opposed walls at themouth of the fire box and utensil supporting bars loosel fitted at their ends in said sleeves.

2. Iii a stove, a unitary concrete structure comprising a base, the under side thereof being hollow to receive a heat absorbing and retaining filler, walls rising from said base within the upper margin thereof and forming with said base an open topped fire box, one of said walls having a combined draft and fuel receiving opening, and a'grate supported by said walls across the mouth of the fire box, said grate and said margin of said base about said walls serving as utensil supporting media.

3. In a stove, a concrete structure comprising a base, walls rising from said base and forming therewith a fire box, said fire box being smaller in transverse section than said base to provide a utensil supporting and heating ledge at ,the upper margin of the base.

4. In a stove, a unitary concrete structure comprising a base, and a fire box thereon, the latter being smaller in transverse sections than the former and thereby providing a utensil heating ledge at the upper margin of the base, said base being hollow at its under side beneath the fire box to receive a heat absorbing and .retainingfiller.

5. In a stove, a unitary concrete structure comprising a :base, anda fire box thereon, the latter being smaller in transverse section than the former and thereby providing a utensil heating ledge at "the upper margin at the stop wthereof, sleeves embedded in alignlnent in opposed walls at the mouth of the opening inthe fire box and utensil supporting bars loosely fitted at their ends in said sleeves, said barsbeing of a length permitting of limited longitudinal movement thereof in said sleeves.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

R RIC A. SQHWEIGER. 

